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  • Energy is following the path of computing
    June 19, 2026

    Energy is following the path of computing

    Centralized giants, disrupted by small, cheap, networked technology. Telephones, computers — and now electricity: the same story is…

  • Edison, Insull, and Westinghouse: the war that built the grid
    June 19, 2026

    Edison, Insull, and Westinghouse: the war that built the grid

    How a feud between Thomas Edison, his protege Sam Insull, and rival George Westinghouse created the electric utility…

  • How Niagara Falls led to the first airplane
    June 19, 2026

    How Niagara Falls led to the first airplane

    The world’s first large power plant at Niagara Falls solved a problem that, a few years later, helped…

  • Greg Robinson, host of the World Changing Podcast, interviews Bill about his journey into clean energy
    March 1, 2024

    Greg Robinson, host of the World Changing Podcast, interviews Bill about his journey into clean energy

    In this remarkably candid and personal discussion, Bill shares several stories publicly for the first time.

  • How the History of Computers Predicts the Future of Energy: Bill Shares Research from Freeing Energy at the Computer Museum of America
    January 20, 2024

    How the History of Computers Predicts the Future of Energy: Bill Shares Research from Freeing Energy at the Computer Museum of America

    Freeing Energy dives deeply into the lessons from computer history and their application to energy.

  • Podcast 99: Tom Jensen of FREYR Battery – From Giga Arctic to Giga Americas, the most capital and operationally efficient battery plant in Europe is headed for the US State of Georgia
    February 12, 2023

    Podcast 99: Tom Jensen of FREYR Battery – From Giga Arctic to Giga Americas, the most capital and operationally efficient battery plant in Europe is headed for the US State of Georgia

    FREYR may not be a household name in the US but their CEO is delivering on his vision…

  • Forbes Magazine interviews Bill Nussey about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and how local energy is reshaping the century-old grid
    December 18, 2022

    Forbes Magazine interviews Bill Nussey about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and how local energy is reshaping the century-old grid

    Forbes Magazine explores the role of innovation in the century-old electric power industry.

  • Forbes’ Futures in Focus podcast host Michael Gale interviews Bill Nussey about the Inflation Reduction Act and the unstoppable economics of local energy
    December 13, 2022

    Forbes’ Futures in Focus podcast host Michael Gale interviews Bill Nussey about the Inflation Reduction Act and the unstoppable economics of local energy

    Michael Gale interviews Bill Nussey about “Breaking the Gordian Knot of energy thinking by 2035”

  • Podcast 98: John Berger and Michael Grasso: Sunnova wants to build a ground breaking local energy powered neighborhood and that is rattling cages. Will regulators let them?
    December 11, 2022

    Podcast 98: John Berger and Michael Grasso: Sunnova wants to build a ground breaking local energy powered neighborhood and that is rattling cages. Will regulators let them?

    John Berger and Michael Grasso of Sunnova share their vision for solar+battery neighborhoods and why California’s state regulators…

  • #HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Bryan Hannegan
    December 1, 2022

    #HeroesofFreeingEnergy: Bryan Hannegan

    Growing up in India, I experienced the shortage of electricity very personally. We did not have access to…

  • Nicole Jansen, host of the Leaders of Transformation podcast talks to Bill: How can you tap into the global energy market and help empower billions of people?
    November 7, 2022

    Nicole Jansen, host of the Leaders of Transformation podcast talks to Bill: How can you tap into the global energy market and help empower billions of people?

    Nicole Jansen is a rockstar podcast host who talks with Bill to tackle–head on–the biggest myths in clean…

  • Podcast 097: Donnel Baird – His boyhood Brooklyn apartment was heated with an oven. Now he is pursuing a bold, gutsy vision of how entire cities can retrofit buildings and save on energy costs.
    October 31, 2022

    Podcast 097: Donnel Baird – His boyhood Brooklyn apartment was heated with an oven. Now he is pursuing a bold, gutsy vision of how entire cities can retrofit buildings and save on energy costs.

    Listen in as Donnel Baird gives us a peek into a journey of why he started BlocPower, what…

  • Christopher Lochhead of the #1 business podcast, Follow Your Different, interviews Bill Nussey about the myths and opportunities of renewable energy
    October 30, 2022

    Christopher Lochhead of the #1 business podcast, Follow Your Different, interviews Bill Nussey about the myths and opportunities of renewable energy

    Christopher Lochhead, the host of the #1 business podcast, Follow Your Different, interviews Bill Nussey about his book,…

  • The Oil and Gas Global Network’s Editor-in-Chief Mark LaCour goes toe-to-toe with Bill Nussey about renewable energy and fossil fuels
    October 26, 2022

    The Oil and Gas Global Network’s Editor-in-Chief Mark LaCour goes toe-to-toe with Bill Nussey about renewable energy and fossil fuels

    OGGN is the largest media organization of its type. Their Edit-in-Chief, Mark LaCour hosts a fair, fun, and…

  • ‘Disrupting Energy with an Entrepreneurial Perspective;’ Bill Nussey is interviewed by the utility-industry podcast, Energy Central
    October 25, 2022

    ‘Disrupting Energy with an Entrepreneurial Perspective;’ Bill Nussey is interviewed by the utility-industry podcast, Energy Central

    Utility-focused podcast Energy Central and its host, Jason Price, talk to Bill Nussey about the coming disruption of…

  • Podcast 096: Jacqueline Novogratz – Two decades of hard-edged hope coupled with off-grid solar changed the lives of hundreds of millions; what’s next?
    October 12, 2022

    Podcast 096: Jacqueline Novogratz – Two decades of hard-edged hope coupled with off-grid solar changed the lives of hundreds of millions; what’s next?

    Listen in to the story of a hero whose vision and tireless work has changed the lives of…

  • Podcast 095: Michelle Moore – Will America’s smaller, rural communities have to wait for the far reaching benefits of clean power?
    September 28, 2022

    Podcast 095: Michelle Moore – Will America’s smaller, rural communities have to wait for the far reaching benefits of clean power?

    Michelle Moore, Groundswell CEO, discusses the key elements shaping the rural renaissance and what Groundswell is doing to…

  • Bill Nussey keynotes the 2022 Association of Energy Engineers Global Conference: The Biggest Disruption in Energy That No One Sees Coming
    September 25, 2022

    Bill Nussey keynotes the 2022 Association of Energy Engineers Global Conference: The Biggest Disruption in Energy That No One Sees Coming

    Bill shared how the century-old energy and electricity industry is being disrupted from the outside in

  • Podcast 094: Astrid Atkinson – What do Capybaras and Google’s famous reliability have to do with managing a dynamic, zero-carbon electric grid?
    September 13, 2022

    Podcast 094: Astrid Atkinson – What do Capybaras and Google’s famous reliability have to do with managing a dynamic, zero-carbon electric grid?

    Scalability, high availability, rapid detection, failure mitigation, and the future of the electrical grid with the CEO of…

  • Podcast 093: Catherine Von Burg – Can climate tech founders achieve success without compromising on their mission?
    August 31, 2022

    Podcast 093: Catherine Von Burg – Can climate tech founders achieve success without compromising on their mission?

    The story of how Simpliphi Power developed the groundbreaking energy storage solution being used in over 40 countries…

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